Ilkhanid Qur’ans
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Ilkhanid Qur’ans are lavishly produced 13th–14th century Persian Qur’anic manuscripts renowned for their monumental calligraphy, rich illumination, and association with the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty in Iran.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ilkhanid art
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Islamic manuscript ⓘ Persian Qur’an ⓘ Qur’anic manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
Islamic Golden Age manuscript culture
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post-Mongol Persian art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ilkhanid dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Mongol rule in Iran ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
helped legitimize Mongol rulers as Muslim sovereigns
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influenced later Timurid and Safavid Qur’ans ⓘ major milestone in Persian Qur’anic calligraphy ⓘ |
| decorationType |
illumination
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non-figural ornamentation ⓘ |
| feature |
arabesque motifs
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carefully planned page layout ⓘ carpet pages ⓘ geometric ornament ⓘ gold decoration ⓘ high-quality paper ⓘ large-format pages ⓘ lavish illumination ⓘ marginal ornaments ⓘ ornamental chapter headings ⓘ sometimes Chinese-influenced motifs ⓘ use of gold leaf ⓘ use of lapis lazuli pigment ⓘ verse markers ⓘ |
| floruit | c. 1256–1353 ⓘ |
| genre | Islamic sacred text manuscript ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| material |
gold
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ink ⓘ mineral pigments ⓘ paper ⓘ |
| patronage |
Ilkhanid elite
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Ilkhanid rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ court workshops ⓘ |
| productionMode | handwritten ⓘ |
| purpose |
courtly display
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devotional reading ⓘ pious endowments (waqf) ⓘ |
| region | Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptStyle |
Kufic-derived scripts
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Muhaqqaq ⓘ Rayhani ⓘ Thuluth ⓘ monumental calligraphy ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
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